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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many nights before the trial starts does Alice tell the librarians that she is leaving?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

2. In Chapter 17, what song does Izzy sing as she helps get little girls to her car?
(a) Amazing Grace.
(b) This Land Is Your Land.
(c) Camptown Races.
(d) Ramblin' Boy.

3. How long does Nancy Stone say in Chapter 24 that it has been since her sister left her bed?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1932..

4. What does Verna name her baby?
(a) Peter.
(b) Robert.
(c) Michael.
(d) David.

5. In Chapter 19, how many months of library records does the sheriff want to see?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fred get to cook in Chapter 17?

2. In Chapter 18, what food was Van Cleve eating when Margery dumped sludge on it?

3. Where does Margery ride on Saturday in Chapter 18?

4. What does Margery say caused the flood in Chapter 18?

5. In Chapter 22, who helps finds a wet nurse for Virginia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and when does Alice realize that Margery is pregnant?

2. In Chapter 26, where does Alice go before the trial begins and what does she take with her?

3. What is Sven and Margery's wedding like?

4. What experience does Sophia have as a midwife?

5. Why does the sheriff want to see the library records for six months?

6. How does it rain in Chapter 16?

7. What does the coroner's inquest find when McCullough's body is examined?

8. How does Margery realize that Van Cleve is responsible for the flooding?

9. In Chapter 23, what does Izzy do?

10. When and why does Mrs. Brady visit Margery in the jail?

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